Several African-American salespeople are seeking class action status in a discrimination suit against Xerox. The salespeople say some Xerox sales managers routinely denied them promotions and awarded their accounts to less-seasoned white salesmen. Xerox declined to comment on the case but maintained their commitment to diversity.
See "Black Sales Agents File Discrimination Suit Against Xerox", Reed Abelson, The New York Times, May 9, 2001